incentives based on measurable worker characteristics. To do so, we ran two large-scale experiments. The key results are that (i …

We investigate the effect of financial incentives, framed as gains and losses, on creative breakthrough. Rather than … reorganization of ideas for the solution of a problem. We argue that financial incentives can be detrimental for creative … breakthrough. Moreover, framing financial incentives as losses may lead to particularly strong detrimental effects, compared to …

post-merger R&D efforts (including lower expenditure). SIEIC is distinct from the mainstream unilateral effects theory of … analysis lies a fundamental question of competition theory: under what conditions can variations of existing economic models be … applied in merger cases? This paper is divided into three sections. In Section I, the SIEIC theory of harm is described and …

incentives for excessive risk taking; (2) result in significant increase in fixed remuneration; (3) reduce incentives to create …

public sector in most EU countries, the paper looks for policy reforms that can improve work incentives, and hence enhance …